Entries from August 2009

‘On 15th and 16th January we are calling a gathering for all networks and individuals that are oppositional, non hierarchical and opposed not only to the cuts, but to capitalism itself.’
This is the call for a weekend gathering to discuss anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian resistance to the government cuts.
It’s only through linking our struggles that we [...]

Last week we once again witnessed the Metropolitan Police at their worst: cracking skulls, dragging people out of wheelchairs and kettling people until 11pm. Last year Last Hours published Excessive Force, which I edited. With Christmas just round the corner it’s the perfect gift to give to anyone who hates the cops as much as [...]

This week I’ve been freezing my bits off in Berlin! I had a rad time mostly because of all the German Christmas markets and all the AMAZING vegan food places! If you’re heading out there look up the following munch places: Yo yos, Yellow sunshine, Tiki bar, Dolores, Goodies and Cupcake bakery. I needed 2 [...]

Much has been written about the need for alternative and underground cultures to take an active role in preserving their history, the amount that can be learned from it, the inherent solidarity in knowing you were never alone and instead operate as part of a long and rich history of struggle and that if we [...]

“The overall feeling of the yesterday was anger. On both sides there was a palpable sense of gloves coming off. The crowd crackled with it throughout the day, partly built up by the excesses of the police, but most of the anger was aimed at the continual, and clear, betrayal of young people by the political class in the UK…” An eye witness report from 9th December student demonstration against the increase in fees, abolition of EMA etc, by one of the people on the streets.

So this isn’t necessarily a zine, it just happened to be I picked up a copy from the 56a Infoshop in Elephant and Castle which they had printed out in zine form. Had I waited a few weeks, I could’ve picked up the book version from all the major gallery bookshops and even my college [...]